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G. WOODS.

VENBERING Woon.

No. 246,853; Patented Sept. 6,1881.

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UNITED SrArEs.Y

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WOODS, OE OAMBRIDGEPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, OF

- ONE-HALF TO GEORGE P. CARTER, OF SAME PLAGE.

VENEERING WOOD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,853, dated September 6, 1881.

Application filed July 18, 1881.

To all lwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WooDs, a. citizen ofthe United States, residing at Gambridgeport, in .the county of Middlesex and State ot' lWIassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Art ot' Veneerin g Wood and ldoherebydeclare that the saine are fully described in the following specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in the art otA veneering wood, and it is particulari y adapted for veneerin g wood which is afterward fret-sawed, although the invention is equally well adapted for veneering solid surfaces.

The object sought to be attained is to prevent the splitting or cracking ofthe veneer by the swelling of the wood body to which it is glued, and heretofore it has been the custom to cover the body or central wood with two layers ot' veneer, the grain of the Wood in one crossing the grain ot' the other; but even by this method the cracking of the Veneer is not entirely preventedwhen the woodloody swells.

To remedy this difficulty is the object of my invention, which is carried out as follows, ret'- erence being had to the accompanying drawings, on whicht Figure l represents a plan view of a piece of wood Veueered by my improved method; and Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section thereof.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they Occur on the different parts of the drawings.

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a. represents the wood body that is to be veneered 5 and b b represent the veneers, between each ot' which and the wood a is interposed a woven cloth, c, as shown, the latter being glued to the wood a and Venter b. by which arrangement I obtain a bed for the veneer which will admitot' the shrinkage of the wood body a and its veneers, but will prevent its swelling and consequent splitting or cracking of the veneers.

This manner ot' veneeiing wood is particularly useful for fret-work, music-rests for pianos or organs or other musical instruments, or for other kindsof fret-work products employed in furnitures, domestic ornaments, interior house decorations, or other veneered articles.

As a medium glued between the wood body a and its veneer b, I prefer to use woven cotton cloth; but I do not wish to confine myself to this exact material, as any other woven tlbrous material may be used to 'accomplish the desired object.

Whatl wish to secure by Letters Patent, and claim, is-

The herein-described method ot" veneering wood, consistingin interposinga sheet ot'cloth, c, between the wood body a and its veneer b, and gluing said parts together, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence ot two witnesses.

GEORGE WOODS.

Witnesses ALBAN ANDREN, HENRY GHADBOURN. 

